IrDA Protocols

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Infrared Data ProtocolsDEFINITION: IrDA (Infrared Data Association) is an industry-sponsored organization set up in 1993 to create international standards for the hardware and software used in infrared communication links. In this special form of radio transmission, a focused ray of light in the infrared frequency spectrum, measured in terahertz, or trillions of hertz (cycles per second), is modulated with information and sent from
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IRDA PROTOCOLS DEFINITION (continued): a transmitter to a receiver over a relatively short distance. Infrared radiation (IR) is the same technology used to control a TV set with a remote control.Infrared data communication is playing an important role in wireless data communication due to the popularity of laptop computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), digital cameras, mobile telephones, pagers, and other devices. Among existing uses or likely possibilities are: Sending a document from your notebook computer to a printerExchanging business cards between handheld PCsCoordinating schedules and telephone books between your desktop IrDA Protocols definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary

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